Acts 23:1
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23 Gazing intently at the high council,[a] Paul began: “Brothers, I have always lived before God with a clear conscience!”
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Acts 24:16
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16 Because of this, I always try to maintain a clear conscience before God and all people.
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2 Timothy 1:3
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Encouragement to Be Faithful
3 Timothy, I thank God for you—the God I serve with a clear conscience, just as my ancestors did. Night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers.
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2 Corinthians 1:12
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Paul’s Change of Plans
12 We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness[a] and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.
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- 1:12 Some manuscripts read honesty.
Hebrews 13:18
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18 Pray for us, for our conscience is clear and we want to live honorably in everything we do.
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1 Corinthians 4:4
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4 My conscience is clear, but that doesn’t prove I’m right. It is the Lord himself who will examine me and decide.
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Acts 22:5
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5 The high priest and the whole council of elders can testify that this is so. For I received letters from them to our Jewish brothers in Damascus, authorizing me to bring the followers of the Way from there to Jerusalem, in chains, to be punished.
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2 Corinthians 4:2
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2 We reject all shameful deeds and underhanded methods. We don’t try to trick anyone or distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know this.
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Acts 23:6
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6 Paul realized that some members of the high council were Sadducees and some were Pharisees, so he shouted, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, as were my ancestors! And I am on trial because my hope is in the resurrection of the dead!”
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Proverbs 28:1
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28 The wicked run away when no one is chasing them,
but the godly are as bold as lions.
1 Peter 3:16
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16 But do this in a gentle and respectful way.[a] Keep your conscience clear. Then if people speak against you, they will be ashamed when they see what a good life you live because you belong to Christ.
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- 3:16 Some English translations put this sentence in verse 15.
Acts 22:30
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Paul before the High Council
30 The next day the commander ordered the leading priests into session with the Jewish high council.[a] He wanted to find out what the trouble was all about, so he released Paul to have him stand before them.
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- 22:30 Greek Sanhedrin.
Acts 6:15
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15 At this point everyone in the high council stared at Stephen, because his face became as bright as an angel’s.
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Acts 22:1
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22 “Brothers and esteemed fathers,” Paul said, “listen to me as I offer my defense.”
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